In the gripping season two finale of Just The Tip, Amy and Paul discuss Christmas trees.

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<h3>SHOW NOTES</h3>
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The ridiculous Gruber Christmas tree, 2014 edition:
<img src="https://justthetip.fm/wp-content/uploads/season02/episode31/shownote-2014tree.jpg" alt="Christmas Tree 2014" style="width: 400px; height: 400px;">
Photograph courtesy <a href="http://instagram.com/p/wZXKMwtjYl/" target="_blank">P. Kafasis</a>.
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Man down! The Gruber Christmas tree, 2013 edition:
<img src="https://justthetip.fm/wp-content/uploads/season02/episode31/shownote-mandown.jpg" alt="Christmas Tree 2013" style="width: 400px; height: 400px;">
Photograph courtesy <a href="https://instagram.com/p/iRKpldvS6O/" target="_blank">A. Gruber</a>.
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The Gruber Christmas tree, 2013 edition, <a href="https://instagram.com/p/iSmcOcPS_B/" target="_blank">exploded</a>.
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Take heed of these <a href="http://www.rosieonthehouse.com/faq_detail.aspx?id=465" target="_blank">tips</a> for picking out a Christmas tree and keeping it fresh by tossing it in the pool!
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Paul&#8217;s Charlie Brown Christmas tree:
<img src="https://justthetip.fm/wp-content/uploads/season02/episode31/shownote-charliebrowntree.jpg" alt="Charlie Brown Christmas Tree" style="width: 400px; height: 400px;">
Photograph courtesy <a href="http://instagram.com/p/TCR5zGtjdA" target="_blank">P. Kafasis</a>.
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<a href="http://festivuspoles.com" target="_blank">FestivusPoles.com</a> is still in business and awaits your order.
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Everything you ever needed to know about that December 23rd celebration, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivus" target="_blank">Festivus</a>.
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Annually, during the two months surrounding the holiday season, more than 14,000 people are treated in hospital emergency rooms <a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/onsafety/2009/12/holiday-decorating-safety/" target="_blank">due to injuries related to holiday decorating</a>.
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A March Christmas tree:
<img src="https://justthetip.fm/wp-content/uploads/season02/episode31/shownote-marchtree.jpg" alt="A Christmas Tree in March" style="width: 400px; height: 400px;">
Photograph courtesy <a href="http://instagram.com/p/lAoNxAtjWN/" target="_blank">P. Kafasis</a>.
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An April Christmas tree:
<img src="https://justthetip.fm/wp-content/uploads/season02/episode31/shownote-apriltree.jpg" alt="A Christmas Tree in April" style="width: 400px; height: 400px;">
Photograph courtesy <a href="http://instagram.com/p/m3qY8uvSxq/" target="_blank">A. Gruber</a>.
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We&#8217;ll be back in 2015 with season three, provided <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/fast-christmas-tree-will-burn-explained-science/" target="_blank">nothing like this happens</a>.
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In the gripping season two finale of Just The Tip, Amy and Paul discuss Christmas trees.

In the gripping season two finale of Just The Tip, Amy and Paul discuss Christmas trees. See http://justthetip.fm/ for full show notes.

Episode #31: Christmeh

In this very special episode, Amy and Paul discuss jigsaw puzzles.
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<h3>SHOW NOTES</h3>
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Amy&#8217;s very thoughtful gift, (nearly) completed:
<img src="https://justthetip.fm/wp-content/uploads/season02/episode30/shownote-whimsicalpuzzle.jpg" alt="Home Sweet Home puzzle" style="width: 400px; height: 400px;">
Photograph courtesy <a href="http://instagram.com/p/v9S8sINjaZ/" target="_blank">P. Kafasis</a>.
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The word “whimsy” originates, of course, as an irregular form of the word “<a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whim-wham" target="_blank">whim-wham</a>”.
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How the wine-in-a-box <a href="http://www.quizlaw.com/blog/nothing_says_classy_vintage_li.php" target="_blank">sausage</a> is made.
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The seal puzzle, with its terrible contrast:
<img src="https://justthetip.fm/wp-content/uploads/season02/episode30/shownote-sealpuzzle.jpg" alt="Terrible contrast seal puzzle" style="width: 600px; height: 360px;">
Photograph courtesy P. Kafasis.
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A more acceptable form of Seal clubbing:
<img src="https://justthetip.fm/wp-content/uploads/season02/episode30/shownote-sealclubbing.jpg" alt="Seal, clubbing" style="width: 600px; height: 360px;">
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Ze Frank provides us with “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k01DIVDJlY" target="_blank">True Facts About the Duck</a>”.
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This <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000PHH1YG/?tag=onefootsu-20" target="_blank">Waldo puzzle</a> is a great thing to give to a puzzle-loving acquaintance who you don&#8217;t like very much.
<img src="https://justthetip.fm/wp-content/uploads/season02/episode30/shownote-waldopuzzle.jpg" alt="Terrible waldo puzzle" style="width: 500px; height: 497px;">
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Online <a href="http://www.redvirtualgirls.com/sexy-virtual-girls-jigsaw-puzzles" target="_blank">sexy puzzles</a> are a thing, albeit a really dumb (and slightly NSFW) thing.
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Power through your jigsaw puzzles thanks to the increased blood flow to your brain provided by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001IBIQ5Q/?tag=onefootsu-20" target="_blank">this secret weapon</a>, used by all the top puzzlers.
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“Impossibles” puzzles are the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0007LXWDE/?tag=onefootsu-20" target="_blank">perfect gift</a> for someone you hate.
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</ul>
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In this very special episode, Amy and Paul discuss jigsaw puzzles.

In this very special episode, Amy and Paul discuss jigsaw puzzles. See http://justthetip.fm/ for full show notes.

Episode #30: Extra Pieces, All Balls

In this very special episode, Amy and Paul talk about texting.
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<h3>SHOW NOTES</h3>
<ul>
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<a href="http://onefoottsunami.com/2011/07/22/autocorrupt/" target="_blank">Autocorrupt</a> &mdash; pass it on!
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<li>
Awkward interactions were previously discussed on Just The Tip episode #7, <a href="https://justthetip.fm/2013/08/12/episode-7-paging-dr-depp-to-the-obstetrics-wing/" target="_blank">Paging Dr. Depp to the Obstetrics Wing</a>”.
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Paul&#8217;s (possibly former) cleaning lady, who we&#8217;ll call “Miranda”:
<img src="https://justthetip.fm/wp-content/uploads/season02/episode29/shownote-miranda.jpg" alt="A picture of 'Miranda'" style="width: 550px; height: 600px;">
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Once again, the awkward Homer Dance:
<img src="https://justthetip.fm/wp-content/uploads/season02/episode29/shownote-homerdancing.gif" alt="Antsy Homer" style="width: 512px; height: 384px;">
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Punctuation as a <a href="http://www.newrepublic.com/article/115726/period-our-simplest-punctuation-mark-has-become-sign-anger" target="_blank">sign of anger</a>.
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Your phone&#8217;s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn5zytfm9No#t=75" target="_blank">not for calling</a>.
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The charmingly-eccentric Twitter account of <a href="https://twitter.com/tomhanks" target="_blank">Hanx</a>, who still signs his tweets.
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Oscar loves it <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyNDUboVsL8#t=21" target="_blank">because it&#8217;s trash</a>.
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</ul>

<description>In this very special episode, Amy and Paul talk about texting. Direct MP3 Download SHOW NOTES Autocorrupt &amp;#8212; pass it on! Awkward interactions were previously discussed on Just The Tip episode #7, Paging Dr. Depp to the Obstetrics Wing”. Paul&amp;#8217;s (possibly former) cleaning lady, who we&amp;#8217;ll call “Miranda”: Once again, the awkward Homer Dance: Punctuation [&amp;#8230;]</description>

In this very special episode of Just The Tip, Amy and Paul talk about texting.

In this very special episode of Just The Tip, Amy and Paul talk about texting. See http://justthetip.fm/ for full show notes.

Episode #29: Hello My Friend!

In this very special episode, Amy and Paul want (to discuss) candy.
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<h3>SHOW NOTES</h3>
<ul>
<li>
All subjects were fed a placebo, but their mothers were sure they were <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/7963081/" target="_blank">experiencing a sugar high</a>.
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More on <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2014/feb/25/do-children-really-get-sugar-rush-hyperactivity" target="_blank">sugar myths</a>.
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Questionable Halloween candy:
<img src="https://justthetip.fm/wp-content/uploads/season02/episode28/shownote-questionablecandy.jpg" alt="Questionable Candy" style="width: 400px; height: 400px;">
Photograph courtesy <a href="http://instagram.com/p/u1a52UlVRw/" target="_blank">@jcb</a>.
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“Dear Prudence” takes on <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/life/dear_prudence/2014/10/dear_prudence_on_halloween_poor_kids_come_to_trick_or_treat_in_my_neighborhood.html" target="_blank">a Halloween Grinch</a>.
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Whopper vs. Whoppers:
<img src="https://justthetip.fm/wp-content/uploads/season02/episode28/shownote-whoppervswhoppers.jpg" alt="Whopper vs. Whoppers" style="width: 600px; height: 225px;">
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Two Irish sourballs, still kicking around:
<img src="https://justthetip.fm/wp-content/uploads/season02/episode28/shownote-twosourballsleft.jpg" alt="Two remaining Irish sourballs" style="width: 600px; height: 600px;">
Photograph courtesy <a href="http://instagram.com/p/I9jJwltjYS/" target="_blank">P. Kafasis</a>.
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Friend-of-the-show Maggie stars in a short film entitled “<a href="http://instagram.com/p/nlilbJtjfX/" target="_blank">Warhead</a>”.
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Sweet Lord, <a href="http://www.snopes.com/horrors/parental/smarties.asp" target="_blank">snorting Smarties could lead to nasal maggots</a>!
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The web offers <a href="http://www.yourpalchrismal.com/pp_october1984.htm" target="_blank">some scant evidence</a> of the terribly-named candy store of Amy&#8217;s youth. Do an on-page find for “Shop”.
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Apparently “The House of Contrasts” could <a href="https://twitter.com/HMilcer/status/442157026303832065" target="_blank">still get away with its nickname</a> in the twenty-first century.
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<description>In this very special episode, Amy and Paul want (to discuss) candy. Direct MP3 Download SHOW NOTES All subjects were fed a placebo, but their mothers were sure they were experiencing a sugar high. More on sugar myths. Questionable Halloween candy: Photograph courtesy @jcb. “Dear Prudence” takes on a Halloween Grinch. Whopper vs. Whoppers: Two [&amp;#8230;]</description>

In this very special episode, Amy and Paul want (to discuss) candy.

In this very special episode, Amy and Paul want (to discuss) candy. See http://justthetip.fm/ for full show notes.

Episode #28: A Wicked Case of the Irish Sourballs

In this very special episode, Amy and Paul discuss tattoos.
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<h3>SHOW NOTES</h3>
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The Tom Petty album cover upon which Amy&#8217;s tattoo is flagrantly infringing is for “Wildflowers”:
<img src="https://justthetip.fm/wp-content/uploads/season02/episode27/shownote-wildflowers.jpg" alt="Wildflowers Album Cover" style="width: 600px; height: 600px;">
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A far-better-researched <a href="http://taratoxicity.hubpages.com/hub/TattoosInAmerica" target="_blank">history of tattoos in America</a>.
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For more discussion on Larry Bird&#8217;s shorty-shorts, see episode #16, “<a href="https://justthetip.fm/2014/08/18/episode-16-just-the-bottoms/" target="_blank">Just the Bottoms</a>”.
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Steve-O&#8217;s amazing portrait back tattoo:
<img src="https://justthetip.fm/wp-content/uploads/season02/episode27/shownote-steveo.jpg" alt="Steve-O's back tattoo" style="width: 600px; height: 496px;">
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Jackass&#8217;s “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imsspl_XOJE" target="_blank">Off-Road Tattoo</a>”.
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The Fracture Photo Swap&trade; remains a joint trademark of Fracture, Inc and Just The Tip Enterprises, LLC. Play it with your friends!
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Fantasy football&#8217;s “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b0r408vpIg" target="_blank">Tattoo League</a>”.
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In this very special episode of Just The Tip, Amy and Paul discuss tattoos.

In this very special episode of Just The Tip, Amy and Paul discuss tattoos. See http://justthetip.fm/ for full show notes.

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